AN EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC CARTIER TREASURES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE PALACE MUSEUM IN BEIJING 5.SEPTEMBER.2009 THROUGH 22.NOVEMBER.2009. THE BRILLIANT EXHIBITION INCLUDES MORE THAN 350 STUNNING ITEMS, INCLUDING ARCHIVES DATING FROM THE FOUNDING OF CARTIER TO ITS CREATIONS FROM THE 1970s. PARTLY DEDICATED TO ROYAL JEWELS, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HOUSED IN CHINA'S FORMER IMPERIAL PALACE AND WILL BE ILLUSTRATED BY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO EUROPEAN ROYALTY, WHICH EARNED CARTIER, THANKS TO KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND, ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'JEWELER OF KINGS AND KING OF JEWELRY'.
SOME OF THE ITEMS SELECTED FOCUS ON THE CHINESE INFLUENCE ON CARTIER CREATIONS, INCLUDING LACQUER-WARE INLAID WITH MOTHER OF PEARL, ANCIENT CARVED AND ENGRAVED PIECES OF JADE IN VARIOUS COLOURS, AND DIVINITIES AND FANTASTIC ANIMALS CREATED BY THE SKILLED JEWELER'S HANDS. THE NUMEROUS CREATIONS REPRESENT THE BONDS THAT HAVE EXISTED BETWEEN CARTIER AND THE FAR EAST SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE EXHIBITION COLLECTION IS THE BEAUTIFUL PANTHER WATCH/BROOCH FROM 1915, WHICH IS MADE FROM PLATINUM AND FEATURES THREE PEAR SHAPED DIAMONDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIECE AS WELL AS ROSE-CUT DIAMONDS SET WITHIN BLACK ENAMEL. WHILE ANOTHER STRIKING CREATION IS THE LARGE PORTIQUE MYSTERY CLOCK THAT DATES BACK TO 1923, AND IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF 6 MYSTERY CLOCKS FORMED IN THE SHAPE OF A SHINTO 'SHRINE GATE'. THE DISTINCTIVE CREATIVITY, STYLE AND EXPERTISE OF THE CARTIER JEWELER ARE FULLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE SELECTION OF DRAWINGS, ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS, AND A SET OF RARELY DISPLAYED PLASTER CASTS OF SEVERAL FAMOUS CARTIER PIECES. THIS EXHIBITION IS TRULY A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CREATIVE GENIUS OF CARTIER'S WORLD OF SPECTACULAR JEWELS.
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